Chimaeracon 2009: Lord Vile, smooth (evil) operator

Much as I like the Defuser for his post-“Who Wants to Be a Superhero?” success and overall positive vibe, I really dig the cool “evil” that is Lord Vile. Like the Defuser, Vile calls Austin his stomping grounds. And like the Defuser, Vile knows how to slay a crowd by killing ’em with kindness.

See, Vile (Alex Gray) is also a motivational speaker and even an ordained minister. Which is pretty much par for the course for a guy who almost called out none other than Willie Nelson as a potential arch nemesis. (I know, too cool.) Lucky for Willie, the Defuser showed up in Vile’s “claimed city” of Austin, serendipity that Vile calls “mana from the gods.”

Then again, you could say Vile generates his own kind of mana. Anyone who can grow a legion of henchmen, have his own energy drink and get his arms around the Jennifers of 210SA must be doing something right with all that evildoing.